Guns, Germs, and Steel Questions and Answers

Jared Diamond: Here were Europe and Asia forming the continent of Eurasia, a giant continent but it’s stretched out from east to west, and narrows from north to south. The American continent is long from north to south, narrow from east to west –...

I can't comment on the film but, in the book, Anthropologist Jared Diamond seeks to explain why European societies have been more materially "successful" than societies that are much older. He theorizes Western societal success to geography,...

Anthropologist Jared Diamond seeks to explain why European societies have been more materially "successful" than societies that are much older. He theorizes Western societal success to geography, immunity to germs, food production, the...